Treacherous grounds

His father, mother and sister sat silently when Amit declared that he wont marry any other girl but Shrimayi. Amit finished his dinner and retired to his room.

His father, mother and sister sat in a close group in the drawing room, thinking hard what to do, they have dug the well, they introduced Shrimayi to Amit thinking that she belonged to a rich family, whereas her father was completely drained. Shrimayi did not knew any thing about Sharma family’s plan, Amit was introduced to her as a family friend. Shrimayi had all the qualities which any family would like to have in their daughter in law. She was sweet looking, well behaved, had good family background. The only problem was her father’s penury. Whereas it was already in the future plan of Sharma family to use Amit’s dowry to set up another showroom.

The next morning Mina, Amit’s sister told him that father and mother are almost ready to accept the proposal, but as Shrimayi is not so rich, they will just test without her knowledge whether she fits in their circle or not. Shrimayi was looking for a job, so Mina said she will appoint Shrimayi in one of her friend’s office and observe her secretly, when Amit said he does not cares whether she is up to their mark or not, Mina pleaded him to agree to make their parents happy and Amit had to give his consent. But he said that no trick will work.

According to plan Shrimayi was appointed in one of Mina’s friend’s office on pretext of reply to her applications. It was a office filled with boys and girl’s of high society, Shrimayi has been introduced to them (before her joining) as an opportunist who has trapped Amit, and every one was requested to help Mina in getting rid of her.

From the day one, Shrimayi used to notice with surprise that every guy in the office was over eager to flirt with her, and the ladies were excessively rude. Shrimayi was of exactly the opposite nature, she started to get very depressed, because no matter how much cold shoulder she showed them the men used to flitter around her and no matter how sweetly she spoke with them the women used to treat her rudely. They were always complaining against her, cooking up things and blaming it on her. Some of the men were also doing the same.

Amit used to talk with her regularly, initially he used to listen to her patiently, then he too started to think that may be the fault is with Shrimayi and started to distance from her. Mina’s friend has already successfully painted Shrimayi as a querulous, un-adjusting, selfish and self centered person above all a flirt who could not keep away from attractive men, even if they were married. Amit was shown dozens of photographs in which Shrimayi was standing or sitting closely with men. Now you don’t have to be with someone to fool a third person, that person’s being with you is enough, is not it? so the photographs were taken in a way that any one will think that Shrimayi was standing or chatting whereas it was just the other way round.

So, by end of six months, Amit was married to a girl of his family’s selection and Shrimayi was thrown out of her office after cooking up a flimsy excuse.